Serenity

  

I'm at my mom's place, up on the mountains, away from everything, with nothing much to do. Turns out, this place was what I needed the most, finally easing my pacing mind, bringing light to my soul. We went to Mount Ida two days ago, a beautiful scenery with the green and blue intertwined, the sound of the water accompanied by the chirping of the birds and the bugs. Total tranquility, total freedom, total serenity. Finally, I feel fine again, after a long time. I also had the inspiration to create a visual story for YouTube.

Touristing: Petra, Jordan

  

I know I promised to show more photos from our trip to Jordan 3 posts ago, but oh well, better late than ever. Now these photos were taken in our visit to Petra, an open air museum where we walked for a whole day, climbed stairs carved into soil and rocks for 45 minutes straight, and was breath-taken by the view, especially when we made it to the top. This was the most memorable part of our trip, and definitely the (only) place I would recommend for you to go if you want to go to Jordan. Scroll below for more x

Touristing: Amman, Jordan

  Happy Monday folks and my apologies in order for not posting anything last week. However, I'm sure I'll have enough content for a couple of blog posts as I'm in Jordan! We came here two nights ago and explored Amman yesterday, so this post is pretty fresh. As you're reading this, we'll hopefully be in Petra and Wadi Rum area, either enjoying the historical places or camping under the stars. Without further ado, here is a glimpse of our first day in Jordan, my first thoughts of the city along with some notes. Enjoy!

Touristing: Toronto, Canada

 During May, my mom and I went to Toronto to visit my brother who is studying there. Although I completely forgot to post this entry these past months, my memories are pretty vivid. I can sum up Toronto with two words: organized chaos. I really liked the city, although it became overwhelming sometimes and enjoyed our time there which was 9 days. If you haven't already, you can watch all about this trip on my Youtube channel, I'll link the videos down below.

Touristing: Finland Vol. 1 ☽ Turkish Vlog

 

After 32 hours of traveling, we've finally made it to our home at Lapland. I still can't comprehend how cold it can be, no matter how many layers of clothes you're wearing. Like the other night, I had 4 layers of my warmest clothes and still cried because of the freezing cold. But, if you have the best company, everything is magical anyways. We're for another day, so stay tuned, and for my Turkish followers, there is a vlog of our first two days available on Youtube.

"Local Touristing" Begins: Arnavutköy

 Istanbul continues to surprise me even after being a local citizen for 22 years; and that is what I love about this city, that although it could get really chaotic up to the point where you just want to drop everything and leave this place at once, it challenges you every single day to outgrow yourself, to find new cafes to collect more memories, to walk in different streets that are filled with different stories, to look at the same Bosphorus with a different color each time and promise yourself that this color is the most beautiful shade you've ever seen.